July 9, 2024 by Gary Price
From Channel 6 (Tulsa): Radio IDL is responsible for one of the largest Blues and Black history sheet music collections in the nation. Now work is being done to archive and digitalize them. Kerry Kudlacek, also known as the “professor of blues” was a collector for 63 years. He said it is his dream to […]
July 1, 2024 by Gary Price
From Internet Archive Canada We at Internet Archive Canada (IAC) are delighted to announce the launch of an exciting new digitization project in collaboration with Library and Archives Canada (LAC). This initiative marks a significant step forward in our mission to provide universal access to all knowledge, leveraging our expertise tn library and archival digitization […]
June 22, 2024 by Gary Price
AI AI is Already Wreaking Havoc on Global Power Systems (via Bloomberg) Why Anthropic’s Artifacts May be This Year’s Most Important AI Feature: Unveiling The Interface Battle (via VentureBeat) Book Bans Chicago Sun Times: “Books Teach and Inspire Us. Banning Them is Anti-Democratic” (A Conversation With Tracie Hall) California San Francisco Public Library Selects TIND […]
June 13, 2024 by Gary Price
From NARA: Dr. Colleen Shogan, Archivist of the United States, approved 32 awards totaling $4,070,583 for historical records projects in 20 states. The National Archives grants program is carried out through the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). A complete list of new grants is available online. The Archivist also approved two new funding opportunities […]
June 12, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) & HBCU Library Alliance: The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the HBCU Library Alliance proudly announce the successful culmination of their inaugural collaboration, aimed at empowering Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to preserve and digitize their invaluable cultural heritage. With the generous […]
June 11, 2024 by Gary Price
From a Google Blog Post: For the first time, Condé Nast opens the doors to the Vogue archive. In collaboration with Google Arts & Culture, the worlds of fashion, design, history and culture come to life with over 15,000 newly-digitized color images spanning more than three decades and six hundred issues. Today, these images […]
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May 10, 2024 by Gary Price
AI How to Implement AI — Responsibly (via Harvard Business Review) Ethical Implications of ChatGPT in Higher Education: A Scoping Review (preprint via arXiv) JSTOR Path to Open Announces 2024 Titles (via JSTOR) Open Access Open Access Improves the Dissemination of Science: Insights from Wikipedia (preprint via arXiv) Oregon Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Expands Across […]
May 9, 2024 by Gary Price
From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) today announced a new multiyear agreement with Ancestry to digitize, index, and publish tens of millions of historical United States records, previously unavailable online. “The National Archives is the nation’s record keeper, and we hold billions of stories in our […]
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April 30, 2024 by Gary Price
From The Wilton Library: Today, one of the world’s premier jazz archives, The Brubeck Collection at Wilton Library (Wilton, CT), announced the launch of its enhanced and interactive digital archive, making the 22,000+ item collection catalog easily searchable and browsable online for the first time to everyone worldwide. This new digital archive also includes more […]
April 19, 2024 by Gary Price
We will update this post with additional materials and coverage if/when they become available. Update 4/22 Internet Archive Files Final Appeal Brief in Book Scanning Case (Updated April 22, 2024; via Publisher’s Weekly) Today, the Internet Archive filed their reply brief in the appeal of the Hachette Book Group, et al, v. Internet Archive decision. […]